Miracle and machine : Jacques Derrida and the two sources of religion, science, and the media / Michael Naas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Naas, Michael.

Series:

Perspectives in continental philosophy.

Perspectives in Continental philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Derrida, Jacques--Religion.

Derrida, Jacques.

Derrida, Jacques. Foi et savoir.

Philosophy and religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (431 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Miracle and Machine is a sort of ""reader's guide"" to Jacques Derrida's 1994 essay ""faith and knowledge,"" his most important work on the nature of religion in general and on the unprecedented forms it is taking today through science and the media. It provides essential background for understanding Derrida's essay, commentary on its unique style and its central figures (e.g., Kant, Hegel, Bergson, and Heidegger), and assessment of its principal philosophical claims about the fundamental duplicity of religion and the ineluctably autoimmune relationship among religion, science, and the media.

Contents:

Miracle and Machine; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations of Works by Jacques Derrida; Miracle and Machine; Introduction; Prologue; The Island and the Starry Skies Above; Context Event Signature; Duplicity, Definition, Deracination; Three Theses on the Two Sources and Their One Common Element; The Religion(s) of the World; Interlude I; Waste, Weapons, and Religion (Underworld II); The Genesis of ÎÎFaith and KnowledgeÌÌ; The Telegenic Voice; The Religion of the Media; ""Jewgreek is greekjew""; MessianicityÛKho ÿ raÛ Democracy; Underworlds and Afterlives; Interlude II

Cyberspace and the Unconscious (Underworld III)Mary and the Marionettes; Life, Sacrifice, and the Sexual Thing; Pomegranate Seeds and Scattered Ashes; From n; to the One; n; The Passion of Literature; Genet in Laguna, Gide in Algiers; Epilogue; Observations; Observation 1; Kant; Observation 2; Hegel; Observation 3; Bergson; Observation 4; Heidegger; Reference Matter; Timeline of Selected Derrida Publications, Conferences, and Interviews: 1993-95; Notes; Index to Sections of ""Faith and Knowledge""; Name and Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780823240012

0823240010

9780823249411

0823249417

OCLC:

787845998

Publisher Number:

2027/heb31298 hdl